Brett Reno

Brett Reno (died 21 December 1868) was an American outlaw of the Midwest during the 19th century, affiliated with the Reno Gang.

Biography
Brett Reno was born in eastern Texas, the brother of Vance Reno, Ray Reno, and Clint Reno. Alongside Vance and Ray, he joined the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, riding with Randall's Cavalry Brigade. The brothers robbed a Union payroll train in Greenwood, Louisiana on 10 April 1865 after the end of the war, stealing $12,000; they were later informed that the war had been over. When lawmen arrived to arrest the brothers, they denied stealing the money, only to later confess while they were on the train heading towards the courthouse. Mike Gavin and Clint Reno, among others, helped in holding up the train and freeing them, but Brett and Ray Reno would be in favor of turning themselves in. They wound up being released after doing so, only to resume lives of crime. In 1868, they carried out numerous train robberies in Missouri, and they were later captured. On 21 December 1868, the Reno brothers were captured by a lynch mob in prison and hanged.